WEDI Announces Interim President and CEO

Jan 21, 2016, 13:03 PM

The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), an authority on the use of HIT to create efficiencies in health care information exchange, recently announced that Charles W. Stellar, an executive leader with more than 35 years of experience in health care, association management, and organizational leadership, has been named by the WEDI board of directors as WEDI's interim president and CEO after the resignation of Devin Jopp, EdD. In this role, Stellar will be responsible for strategic leadership and guidance of the organization and its staff and committees until a more permanent replacement is named.

Stellar joins WEDI from his recently retired position as executive vice president of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), the trade association representing the nation's health insurance industry, where he was the key liaison between AHIP's 350 plan and 400 affiliate members, ensuring consistency in messaging and shaping AHIP's membership strategy. At AHIP, Stellar's extensive portfolio included overseeing member services related to positioning the association and its diverse membership to a variety of national, state, and local audiences.